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Table 3 Complications: the first GDI group vs. the second GDI group

From: The effects of the first versus second glaucoma drainage implant surgery in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma

 

the first GDI group

the second GDI group

P-value

No. of eyes

136

32

 

Tube exposure〈n, (%)〉

14 (10.3%)

5 (15.6%)

0.60

Hypotension / shallow anterior chamber〈n, (%)〉

6 (4.4%)

1 (3.1%)

1.00

Macular edema〈n, (%)〉

3 (2.2%)

0

1.00

Endophthalmitis〈n, (%)〉

0

1 (3.1%)

0.19

Bullous keratopathy / corneal decompensation 〈n, (%)〉

6 (4.4%)

4 (12.5%)

0.10

Loss of light perception〈n, (%)〉

1 (0.7%)

0

1.00

Other〈n, (%)〉

21 (15.4%)

7 (21.9%)

0.57

Total〈n, (%)〉

46 (33.8%)

17 (53.1%)

0.08

  1. Fisher’s exact test / chi-square test